I'm very interested in your idea that "the social entity... communicates with itself." Please tell me more. Have you written an article or paper on this?
I'd like to add a section on this to #TL05AB: ANTHROPOMORPHISM AND RELATED PHENOMENA <http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl05ab.htm>. I'll properly attribute your contribution to you, or attribute it to "anonymous," if you prefer.
(I'll also be adding a reference to "Cloud Veil Theory" <http://www.consciousness.com/p3.html>.)
Frederick Mann
At 08:55 PM 1/20/99 -0500, Ian Goddard <Ian@Goddard.net> wrote:
>
>At 12:10 PM 1/20/99 -0700, Freehand wrote:
>
>>Smith's "invisible hand" is a metaphor. The utilization
>>of a metaphor to "explain" some phenomenon, does not
>>imply the existence of an entity.
>
>
> IAN: That "the invisible hand" is a metaphor
> also does not mean society does not function
> as a collective entity, so no point is made.
> In fact, the utility of the metaphor in this
> case exactly expresses the fact that society
> really does operate as if it were "one hand."
>
> It's the failure of central planners to perceive
> the social entity, how it communicates with it-
> self (supply/demand pricing) and such, that is
> why they assume someone needs to plan for it.
>
>
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